The Sources state that the Senate leadership did not form a committee to work with the national burial committee or the family.

According to additional sources, the Senate leadership did not communicate with the family or burial committee about plans for their late colleague’s funeral.

On Friday, Senator Ubah, who served as the representative for Anambra South, was buried at Otolo Nnewi, Anambra State, his hometown.

Before switching to the All Progressives Congress (APC), he was re-elected to the 10th Senate in 2023 while serving in the Young Progressives Party (YPP). On July 27, he died in London.

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party; Senator Orji Uzor Kalu of Abia North; former Senate President Bukola Saraki; and Senator Victor Umeh of the Anambra Central district were among the notable dignitaries who attended the funeral.

Only two of the nine senators who attended the burial were from outside the South-East, according to a source who spoke to the aforementioned platform.

“The Senate leadership abandoned the late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, their colleague who died as a serving Senator, despite the eye service and pretenses exhibited by the Senate President on Tuesday, 19th November during the Senate valedictory session for the late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, even though she was a member of their party, the ruling APC,” the source stated.

“Neither a committee to communicate with the family nor the National Burial Committee was established by the Senate leadership. When it came to their deceased colleague’s preparation, the Senate leadership never got in touch with the family or the burial committee.

“They did not give the committee any kobo during the actual burial or the burial preparations. Additionally, the Senate leadership did not send a delegation to Nnewi on November 22, 2024, to pay their respects for a colleague who lost their life while serving.

According to a second source, Senator Osita Ngwu’s participation was justified by his personal connections to the deceased Senator and the fact that his wife is from Otolo Nnewi, which is Ubah’s hometown.

“Total of 9 Senators out of 109 Senators attended the burial namely Senator Abaribe Enyinnaya, Senator Osita Ngwu (Inlaw to Senator Ubah), Senator Izunaso, Senator Okey Ezea, Senator Victor Umeh, Senator Benson Agadaga, Senator Tony Nwoye, Senator Pam from Plateau and Senator Kelvin Chukwu,” the source revealed.

“It is worthy of note that 7 Senators out of the 9 Senators that attended the burial are from the South East; only 2 Senators outside South East attended namely Senator Pam from Plateau and Senator Agadaga from Bayelsa.”

“No single Senator from Yoruba extraction, North West and also North East attended the burial, while South South and North Central had only 1 Senator each,” another source added.

The source continued: “In the Christian parlance, the highest respect someone can pay a departed friend is to pay him last respect by attending the burial especially the burial mass/church service.

“What the Leadership of the Senate did to Senator Ifeanyi Ubah at death who they were dinning and enjoying with when he was alive leaves much to be desired and has exposed them as chamelonic fair weather friends.”

A family source confirmed that no financial contributions were made by the Senate leadership for the burial.

“During the Mass, no senator spoke in the church or on behalf of the Nigerian Senate as tradition demands,” the source noted.

Furthermore, the Senate President’s wife, who leads the Senators Wives Forum, did not send any delegation or condolence message to Ubah’s widow, Mrs. Uche Ubah.

Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, an APC stalwart, passed away in July while staying at a hotel in London. A valedictory session was held in his honor on Tuesday by the Senate.

Efforts by SaharaReporters to obtain a response from the Senate leadership were unsuccessful at the time of this report.